Toilet seat and cover



F. J. MOORE l' 2,202,668

TOILET SEAT AND COVER Filed Jan. 12, 1939 2 sheets-sheet 1 www K May28,1940.

F. Jf MOORE v 2,202,668

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for adjustment toward or from each other to` position the same foradults or children. Said seat sections are also free for independentraising or lowering movements.

In the mounting of the seat sectionsand the cover` on a toilet bowl, Iprovide a single pair of hinge brackets between which, said sections andcover extend. This means of mounting the seat sections and the coverleaves the top, bottom and rear end surfaces thereof, unobstructed andthe only points of near contact with metal are at the sides of said seatsections and the cover.

The invention further provides in the mounting of the cover, relative tothe seat sections, the positioning of said cover, when raised; tosubstantially close the openings between the cover andthe seat sectionsand thereby cover the underlying portions of the hinge brackets and thebowl. The mounting of the cover on the hinge brackets further providesseparable means for detachably securing the cover to said bracketswhereby, said cover can be quickly and' easily removed therefrom orattached thereto.

Other objects of the invention Will be apparent from the followingdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

To the above end, generally stated, the invention4 consists of the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and dened inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, likecharacters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is a plan view of the invention, some parts being shown by meansof broken lines;

Fig, 2 is a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. l and alsofragmentarily showing, by means of broken lines, the cover in a raisedposition;

Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view principally in section, taken on the line4-4 of Fig. l, on an en larged scale;

Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to Fig. 1, with the exception that thecover is removed and Minneapolis, Minn.

Application January 12, 1939, SerialNo. 250,511

some parts shown in different positions by means of broken lines; and

Fig. 6 is a detail view partly in elevation and partly in section takenon the line B-B of Fig. 5, on an enlarged scale.

The numeral 'I indicates the two sections of a divided toilet seat andthe numeral 8 indicates a cover for said sections. To mount the seatsections 'I and the cover 8 on a toilet bowl, not shown, I provide apair of angle hinge brackets 9. The horizontal anges I0 of the hingebrackets are adapted to rest on the top of a toilet bowl and are turnedtoward each other and the inner faces of the upstanding Vertical flangesII are in opposing relation.

Rigidly secured to the under side of each hori- Zontal flange I0, is adepending screw threaded stud I2, adapted to be inserted through one ofthe apertures in a toilet bowl provided therefore.

The studs I2 are secured to the toilet bowl by means of washers andnuts, not shown.

The seat sections I and the cover 8, at their rear end portions, extendbetween the vertical flanges II.

The seat sections 1 are mounted on a transverse horizontal hinge rod I3carried by the hinge brackets 9.

Each end portion of the hinge rod I3 is reduced in diameter to provide ashort screw-stud `I4 which extends through a bore in the respec tivehinge bracket 9. A cap nut I5 is applied to each screw-stud I4 and holdsthe respective hinge bracket 9 clamped between said nut and the shoulderformed by the adjacent end of the hinge rod I3. Obviously, the hinge rodI3 rigidly holds the hinge brackets 9 laterally spaced and againstturning movement about the axes of the studs I2.

Aligned bores I6 extend transversely through the rear end portions ofthe seat sections 'I and mounted in said bores and frictionally held aresleeve bearings I'I through which the hinge rod I3 extends with aworking fit. This hinge rod I3 supports the two seat sections 1 withfreedom for independent raising and lowering movements and also forindependent sliding movement on the hinge rod I3 toward or from eachother. The vertical flanges II act as stops to limit the separatingmovements of the seat sections 'I and a iixed stop collar I8 on thehinge rod I3 limits the approaching movements thereof.

Each seat section 1, at its free end portion, will be provided with arubber bumper, not shown, for supporting said section on the rim of atoilet bowl.

Obviously, by drawing the seat sections 'I apart, on the hinge rod I3,until they engage the vertical flanges II, the seat may be adjusted foran adult. Or by sliding the seat sections 'I on the hinge rod I3 untilthey are stopped by the collar I8, the seat may be adjusted for a child.

The cover 8, which overlies the seat sections 1, is detachably andremovably secured to the vertical flanges II by the hinge pins I9 and 20which extend into seats 2| in said flanges with a Working iit. The hingepin I9 is secured to the cover 8 by a stud 22 integral with the innerend thereof and axially aligned therewith. The stud 22 is of smallerdiameter than the hinge pin I9 and extends into a bore 23 in therespective side of the cover 8 and is securely held by friction.

A collar 24 at the junction of the hinge pin I9 and its stud 22 limitsthe movement of the stud 22 into its seat 2l and holds the adjacent sideof the cover 8 spaced from the respective vertical lange II so that thesame will freely swing thereby without striking and thereby mar thefinish on said cover. Integral with the inner end of the hinge pin 20 isa cylindrical body member 25 that is slidably mounted in a sleeve-26 andintegrallywith the rear end. of said body is a relatively long stud 21that works through a seat therefor in the closed rear end of the sleeve26. The diameter of the body member 25 is somewhat larger than that ofthe hinge pin 2Il and the stud 2l and thereby leaves a stop shoulder ateach end of the body member 25. A coiled spring 28 encircling the stud2?, is compressed between the rear ends of the body member 25 and thesleeve 26. In the rear end portion of the stud 21 is a collar pin 29that prevents said stud and all parts carried thereby from dropping outof the sleeve 26 when the cover 8 is removed from the hinge brackets 9.The spring 28 holds the body member 25 and the collar 24 pressed againstthe inner faces of the vertical flanges II with a working clearancebetween the side of cover 8, adjacent to the hinge pin 20, and therespective vertical ange II, see Fig. 4.

By placing an instrument, Ysuch as the blunt end of a pencil, againstthe outer end of the hinge pin 20 and applying sufficient force thereonto overcome the tension of the spring 28, said hinge pin may be pushedout of its seat 2| and thus release the cover 8 so that the same may beremoved from the hinge brackets.

By reference to Fig. 2, it will be noted that the aligned axes of thehinge pins I9 and 20 are off-center so that when the cover 8 is raised,as shown by broken lines in Fig. 2, the rear end of said cover closelyover-lies the rear end portions of the seat sections I and therebycovers From the above description it is evident that the only metalparts used in the mounting of the seat sections 'I and the cover 8 onthe toilet bowl are, the flanges II and these are at the sides of saidseat sections with a working t therebetween. This mounting of the seatsections 1 and the cover 8 leaves the top, bottom and rear ends thereoffree and unobstructed so that they may be easily kept clean and freefrom dust. Furthermore there is only very little metal used in themounting of the seat sections 1 and the cover 8 and the major portionsof these are' so exposed that they may be leasily kept clean.

The drawings illustrate'a commercial form of the invention, but it willbe understood that the same is capablev of certain modications as todetails of construction, arrangement of parts and combination of partswithin the scope of the invention herein disclosed. f

What I claim is: y.

1. In a divided toilet seat, a pair of upstanding hinge-brackets inopposing relation and having means for anchoring the same to a toiletbowl, and a hinge-rod secured at its ends to the hinge-brackets andextending through aligned transverse bores in the rear end portions ofthe sections of the seat, said seat sections being pivoted to thehinge-rod for independent ,raising and lowering movements and alsoVbeing free for independent sliding movement on the hinge-rod toward orfrom each other, said hinge-brackets being entirely outwardly of theseat sections and independent thereof.

2. The structure dened in claim 1 in which the hinge-brackets alfordstops for limiting the outwardly sliding movements of the seat sectionson the hinge-rod.

3. The structure defined in claim 1 `which further includes a stopmember on the hinge-rod for limiting the inwardly sliding movements ofthe seat sections on said hinge-rod.

4. The structure denedin claim 1 Vwhich further includes a cover for theseat sections, the rear end portion of the cover being between thehinge-brackets and having on its sides hinge members mounted on thehinge-brackets.

5. The structure dened in claim l which further includes a cover for theseat sections, the rear end portion of the cover being between thehinge-brackets, and having on its sides hinge pins pivotally andremovably mounted in seats in the hinge-brackets, said hinge pin beingpositioned off the center line of the cover so that the latter whenraised overlies the rear end portion of the seat sections.

FRANCIS J. MOORE.

